June: 8, 2026
After the extraordinary NA elections held on June 20, 2021, the Azerbaijani propaganda machine had announced “Azerbaijan and the Armenian village won”, noting that most of those who voted for Nikol Pashinyan came from rural areas, while Robert Kocharyan was voted by urban residents, and making it clear that the 44-day war and its outcome gave Pashinyan the opportunity to intimidate the Armenian public.
In other words, using this fact, he was able to build his pre-election campaign on the agenda of peace. It is another matter that we had wars after that.
However, in this context, the Azerbaijani side presented 3 problems to the “Civil Agreement” party and its leader, which won the 2021 NA extraordinary elections.
First, In the context of the widespread defeat in the 44-day war of 2020, Yerevan must fulfill its obligations to finish the demarcation and demarcation process, achieve the unblocking of transport communications, or at least continue the discussion of these issues in a positive way and with a working schedule.
Second, regulate the economic-economic life of Armenia so that it can recover from the defeat and restore the economy in the conditions of the current realities.
Third, it is necessary to change the public traumatic consciousness of revenge, and direct its energy in a different direction. In other words, to explain to the Armenian society that the country needs revival, not revenge.
Nikol Pashinyan, who later admitted: “In 2021, he went for extraordinary elections because he felt that his legitimacy was at least in question after the war. cannot continue to be prime minister”. in these 5 years, he tried to fulfill the above-mentioned problems of Azerbaijan, of course, without reaching the finish line, which he promised to do during the campaign period of the 2026 National Assembly elections. In other words, Pashinyan tried to convince the public, the public living under the Turk’s nose, that if he is not there, there will be a war, that peace is established, but it has the vulnerability of a newborn child, so it should be taken care of and strengthened.
On the other hand, the government tried to collect dividends at the expense of the army, which did not destroy it, but built it.
And in the context of the defeat in the 44-day war, compared to the 2021 elections, Pashinyan did not try to justify himself, and to do so at the expense of making accusations against the military leadership of the 44-day war.
We remember, don’t we, the “shootout” between Onik Gasparyan and Nikol Pashinyan, the former head of the RA Armed Forces General Staff, during the 2021 NA emergency elections, when General Pashinyan blamed General Pashinyan for the loss of Shushi, that he will answer for this in court, that Onik Gasparyan agreed to sign the November 9 document with the clause about Tavush, and he did not agree to it, etc. And the former head of the General Staff called his one-time superior a liar, but that did not prevent a closed meeting related to the 44-day war months ago. offer.
By the way, in 2021, Onik Gasparyan supported the second president of the Republic of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, which he loudly announced. He knows whom the former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Davit Tonoyan supported at that time. But before the 2026 elections, without naming names, he made it clear that he “supports” the opposition force and that he will not vote for Nikol Pashinyan.
Moreover, the support shown by Samvel Karapetyan in the briefing with journalists had confirmed and note that it has been substantial, varied and quite useful.
This was not left unanswered by Nikol Pashinyan during the big pre-election debate, in response to the question of Narek Karapetyan representing “Strong Armenia”, and he “threw into the hall” that “that minister is now being tried with you”. In essence, it put the “junk missile” case on par with the money laundering charge. But this is a separate topic for discussion.
Let’s go back to the NA elections and talk about Baku’s reaction to the results recorded or drawn by the CP during the election process that took place on June 7, 2026.
This time, the propaganda machine of Baku announced that the results of the RA NA elections are Aliyev’s strategic victory. He published an article with a similar quote minval.azand noted that Pashinyan should take concrete actions after the elections. This is also reported by other Azerbaijani propaganda media to write
What is it about?
First, Complete liquidation (elimination) of all elements, structures and residual institutions related to the Karabakh issue in Armenia, because, according to Baku, they politically incite passions, contradict the spirit of the peace process.
Second, the Aliyev propaganda machine did not limit itself to this and proposed to close the “Karabakh representative” organizations and structures operating in a foreign country as well.
Third, Aliyev’s most important demand-expectation is the amendment of the RA constitution, the expulsion of the Declaration of Independence from it, which, according to Baku, contains territorial claims and can be used by the opposition.
In other words, Aliyev demands practical evidence from Pashinyan whether he really wants to institutionalize peace.
“Only after this will it be possible to say that the Armenian elections were not just the victory of one party, but the beginning of a new page for the entire South Caucasus. And for now, this is primarily a political advance given by the Armenian society to the course leading to peace. And Baku has the right to expect that this advance will be confirmed by concrete decisions, and not by regular statements.” write vesti.az.
By the way, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Tofik Zulfugarov, also promptly responded to the results of the Armenian elections.
“I congratulate the citizens of Azerbaijan that the “iron fist” was able to cure about 57 percent of the citizens of Armenia from “political schizophrenia” under the name of “Miatsum”. This process should be continued,” he wrote.
In other words, the former official of Azerbaijan, who is going for peace with Armenia, insults the Armenian society and threatens with an “iron fist” reminiscent of the 44 days, which, of course, will remain unanswered.
168.am– on May 21 with the article “Zulfugarov “accuses” Pashinyan of prematurely celebrating the victory of peace” was an article publish
And in April too? we wrote that the former foreign minister of Azerbaijan said the following in one of the interviews.
“And when we start asking who is the most beneficial for us, to be honest, I don’t quite understand why we need it. Yes, we have to monitor the situation, work with the whole political spectrum and neutralize any potential risks, that’s obvious. But I am not ready to say whether Pashinyan is better or Kocharyan is better. Even if we imagine that Kocharyan comes to power, and what will fundamentally change it, what will they start a war with us, with what forces, what resources, how will they take Karabakh, they do not have such an opportunity. And Russia is not going to do it for them, as it was in the early 90s.”
In any case, from Baku’s reaction, it can be clearly said that Nikol Pashinyan’s stay in power is beneficial for Baku and not only. Zulfugarov was, in fact, right in one thing when he said: Pashinyan remains under Russian influence and did not consider him anti-Russian.
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